Valio Milk Products

Finland's biggest dairy company, Valio, is a pioneer in developing science-based solutions for contemporary health problems such as obesity, stressed stomach, high cholesterol and arterial hypertension. Valio has been a long-time forerunner in probiotics research. Adopting the most rigorous scientific criteria, Valio's research tradition is based on the groundwork laid by the historic achievements of former Valio Laboratory Director, Nobel laureate Professor A.I. Virtanen. Valio has a number of important dairy partners around the world and licensed products are on the market in over 40 countries.

Valio is the only company in the world to produce completely lactose-free fresh dairy products. The company has also developed a unique method to produce totally lactose free milk that tastes like normal milk. Its range of lactose free products covers nearly all basic dairy produce. Valio’s completely lactose-free milk is now available in the US: Real Goodness™ can be found in stores and, believe it or not – it truly tastes like real milk! You can find Real Goodness™ in both fat-free and reduced fat (2%).

Valio has spearheaded research on probiotics, described as beneficial bacteria that combine naturally with the fermented milk products that people consume every day. Starting in the 1990s with the probiotic bacterial strain Lactobacillus GG (LGG®), leading dairy companies continue to adopt new Valio technologies and apply them to their own products. Valio has licensed LGG® in more than 30 countries. Lactobacillus GG (LGG®) is the world's most researched and documented lactic acid bacterium. 

As many as one in five adults in the West suffers from a stressed stomach which manifests itself periodically as painful bloating, flatulence, abdominal discomfort and variable bowel movement. The underlying cause of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a harmless but inconvenient ailment, is unknown. And there is no effective medication for it. Studies have shown Valio's patented combination of four functional bacteria to reduce abdominal symptoms in 76 percent of study subjects. The combination calms a stressed stomach and increases immunity and can be obtained from Valio Gefilus MAX daily dose drinks.

Gefilus MAX contains three other probiotic bacterial strains (lactobacilli, bifidobacterium and propionic acid bacterium) in a yogurt-based daily dose drink that is ideal for the whole family. Valio Gefilus MAX has been developed and patented by Valio and there is no similar product anywhere else in the world. It was launched in Finland at the beginning of 2008.

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Valio Real Goodness: http://www.realgoodness.com/

(Edited text. Original text by Päivikki Savola)